Facebook Post Comments Scraper

Effortlessly extract comments from any public Facebook post.

Features

• 🔍 Scrape comments from any public Facebook post URL
• 📊 Extract detailed information about each comment and commenter
• 🔢 Set a custom limit for the number of comments to scrape
• 🚀 Uses browser automation to handle dynamic content
• 🛡️ Incorporates anti-detection measures for reliable scraping

Description

The Facebook Comments Scraper is a powerful tool designed to automate the process of extracting comments from public Facebook posts. It navigates through the comments section, scrolling and loading more content as needed, to collect comprehensive information about each comment and its author.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description
postUrls	Array	List of Facebook post URLs to scrape comments from
maxComments	Integer	Maximum number of comments to scrape for each post (default: 100, max: 5000)

Output

The actor provides detailed information for each comment, including:

• postUrl: The Post URL
• id: Unique identifier for the comment
• feedbackId: Feedback identifier associated with the comment
• userName: Name of the comment author
• userGender: Gender of the comment author
• userProfileImageUrl: URL of the author's profile picture
• userUrl: URL to the author's Facebook profile
• userId: Unique identifier for the comment author
• userIsVerified: Boolean indicating if the user is verified
• userSubscribeStatus: Subscription status of the user
• commentText: The actual text content of the comment
• commentDate: Timestamp of when the comment was posted (formatted as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)
• facebookUrl: URL of the Facebook post where the comment appears

This comprehensive data allows for in-depth analysis of comments and user interactions on Facebook posts.

Use Cases

• Social media analysis: Gather insights from user comments on popular posts
• Sentiment analysis: Collect data for analyzing public opinion on specific topics
• Market research: Understand customer feedback and reactions to products or announcements
• Trend spotting: Identify emerging topics and discussions within comment threads
• Community engagement: Monitor and analyze user interactions on your own posts

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2  "postUrls": [
3      "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid023TQobFe3VzSt9xUUF8RuLgSHXLar7W1yuf8SVKbi7mizhydEmj3av6mVda3QHKWnl?rdid=4g9xxnMySOyqm6iM",
4      "https://www.facebook.com/747039650800537/posts/825976249573543"
5  ],
6  "maxComments": 100
7}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2  {
3    postUrl: "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid023TQobFe3VzSt9xUUF8RuLgSHXLar7W1yuf8SVKbi7mizhydEmj3av6mVda3QHKWnl?rdid=4g9xxnMySOyqm6iM",
4    "id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMDE1NzcyNzQ2NzgwMzgxXzEyMTM5NDA4ODk2NTYwNTk=",
5    "feedbackId": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTAxNTc3Mjc0Njc4MDM4MV8xMjEzOTQwODg5NjU2MDU5",
6    "userName": "Eyad Yousif",
7    "userGender": "MALE",
8    "userProfileImageUrl": "https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/346882490_3448567935415083_8378378714079836093_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s100x100&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0ecb9b&_nc_ohc=KIZA1GzPKG0Q7kNvgGX9z9n&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=AA1C_l38FdAypiXxa7dJR3H&oh=00_AYAkaN8a_W4c0rpp5WnMhAUC8nfPL8wqhU1Zbz_CxrOjuw&oe=6709927E",
9    "userUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/eiad.yousif",
10    "userId": "100000294039465",
11    "userIsVerified": false,
12    "userSubscribeStatus": "CAN_SUBSCRIBE",
13    "commentText": "🌟 Hey everyone! 🌟
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14    "commentDate": "2024-10-05 11:57:18",
15    "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid023TQobFe3VzSt9xUUF8RuLgSHXLar7W1yuf8SVKbi7mizhydEmj3av6mVda3QHKWnl"
16  },
17  {
18    "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid023TQobFe3VzSt9xUUF8RuLgSHXLar7W1yuf8SVKbi7mizhydEmj3av6mVda3QHKWnl?rdid=4g9xxnMySOyqm6iM",
19    "id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMDE1NzcyNzQ2NzgwMzgxXzQ3OTU4MDMyMTExNTE1OQ==",
20    "feedbackId": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTAxNTc3Mjc0Njc4MDM4MV80Nzk1ODAzMjExMTUxNTk=",
21    "userName": "Marissa Brake",
22    "userGender": "FEMALE",
23    "userProfileImageUrl": "https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-1/36268638_10216302734987149_541928021242675200_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s100x100&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e4545e&_nc_ohc=rLD6bdK__p8Q7kNvgH_AQWE&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.xx&_nc_gid=AA1C_l38FdAypiXxa7dJR3H&oh=00_AYA0LVVlKtEWKQTGOJq1ipyILKryFeqL7gtA3tCiwogA6A&oe=672B5C30",
24    "userUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/marissa.gonzalesperez",
25    "userId": "1417122595",
26    "userIsVerified": false,
27    "userSubscribeStatus": "CANNOT_SUBSCRIBE",
28    "commentText": "The excitement when I saw HONY pop up- I have truly missed your posts! 
Both of them are beautiful! 
Hoping this is the beginning of more to come!!! 🩷",
29    "commentDate": "2024-06-11 00:36:33",
30    "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid023TQobFe3VzSt9xUUF8RuLgSHXLar7W1yuf8SVKbi7mizhydEmj3av6mVda3QHKWnl"
31  },
32  ...
33]